OCTOBER 2018
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1 | Feast of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus |
 | International Day of Older Persons |
2 | Feast of the Guardian Angels |
 | Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi (1869) |
 | International Day of Nonviolence |
4 | Feast of St. Francis of Assisi |
5 | World Teachers’ Day |
6 | Feast of Blessed Marie Rose Durocher |
7 | Birthday of Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1931) |
10 | World Mental Health Day |
 | Birthday of Ken Saro-Wiwa: Nigerian writer, environmentalist and martyr |
11 | Birthday of Eleanor Roosevelt (1884) |
12 | Anniversary of the Death of Matthew Shepard (1964-1998) |
13 | Founding Day of the Society by Cornelia Connelly (Derby, England, 1846) |
14 | International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction |
15 | Feast of St. Teresa of Avila |
 | Anniversary of the first mass celebrated in a Holy Child convent, Derby, England, 1846 |
 | International Day of Rural Women |
16 | World Food Day |
17 | Feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch |
 | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
18 | Feast of St. Luke. Evangelist |
19 | Feast of Sts. John de Brebeuf and Isaac Jogues, martyrs |
 | Anniversary of the assassination of Digna Ochoa: attorney and human rights activist defender in Mexico. In 2001 she was murdered for defending victims of human rights abuses in her country. |
20 | Feast of St.Maria Bertilla Boscardin. She was so devoted to her hospital patients that she remained with them through the bombings and air raids during World War I |
24 | Feast of St. Anthony Claret |
 | United Nations Day |
31 | Halloween |
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